17+ Interesting Facts About Pokemon That Every 90s Kid Should Know

For every 90s kid, sitting in front of the TV every day at 5 and tuning into their favourite TV series, Pokemon was a special canon event. Pokemon is considered one of the most popular anime franchises in the world. This series goes beyond normal TV and movies; games and cards are also available on the market. Read this blog to learn some weird and fun facts about the Pokemon saga.

Unbelievable Facts About Pokemon

1. The word Pokemon comes from the abbreviation ‘Poketto Monusta’ which translates to ‘Pokemon Monster’
2. It is believed in Saudi Arabia that Pokemon was promoting polytheism, which means belief in more than one god, because of which the government banned it.
3. It was designed by a video game designer, Satoshi Tajiri, in 1995.
4. Dolly the Sheep served as the inspiration for a former Pokémon, but it was never screened in the Pokemon Universe.
5. The Pokemon Cards were such a huge success in the market that over 300 billion Pokemon cards were sold.
6. These Pokemon cards came onto the market in 1998.

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Weird Facts About Pokemon

7. Mario is the only video game that has sold more games than Pokemon.
8. The Pokeballs’ colours are based on Cambell’s soup cans.
9. A lot of Pokemon, like Froslass, and Lotad, are based on traditional Japanese stories and legends.
10. Since the Pokémon series is linked to video games and other products, Swedish TV decided not to air it because, technically, it is an advertisement for the products, and it is against the law to advertise to minors in that country.
11.  In several parts of the cartoon the voice of Ash the main character is dubbed by a woman.
12.  The franchise created the most popular mobile game known as Pokemon Go, and over 88 billion Pokemon have been caught in the game till now.

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Did you know?

13. The smallest Pokemon in the Pokemon world is Flabebe
14. The largest one is Eternatus.
15.  The studio intended to replace every voice actor in Pokémon: The First Movie with celebrities.
16.  In the Japanese version of the movie, Ken Watanabe performs his voice.
17. Only three years after its release did Pokémon Red & Blue make its way to Europe.
18. The rarest Pokemon cards are worth $100,000.
19. In total, there are almost 1,000 distinct species of Pokémon.
20. There are around 23 animated Pokemon films released in total.

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